Photo tracking solution PixTrakk—launched a year ago
by LTU Technologies, PixWays and TNS Media Intelligence (now Kantar
Media)—says it has a firm foothold in the French photo-agency market.
Getty Images is offering buyers who frequent Flickr as a source of
images an opportunity to license any image they see—even the images
that have not made it into the Flickr Collection on gettyimages.com.
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A new 70-second video discusses image infringement, rights and protection.
Always on the lookout for new ways to popularize science content and
show off its footage, the Science Photo Library has released a rap video.
A recent survey revealed that more than half of Getty Images’ customers
use their mobile device to look at stock media Web sites. In response,
the Seattle company has developed a free iPad app to present its
imagery to buyers on the go.
PictureGroup, a music and entertainment media production company launched by photographer Frnk Micelotta last fall, has announced a merger with Elevation Photos.
U.S. educational publishers are admitting to more and more unauthorized
uses during the past decade and quietly entering into out-of-court
settlements with an increasing number of image suppliers for large
numbers of uses. In cases where the original license fee was well under
$1,000, publishers are now paying multiple thousands of dollars to
settle claims.
Jonathan Klein is CEO and co-founder, with Mark Getty, of Getty Images
and the most influential person in the global stock photo industry. For
fifteen years he led an aggressive acquisition campaign which positions
Getty as the leading source of still and moving imagery as well as
footage and music. He is a passionate believer in the power of the
image to create change in editorial as well as creative photography. In
this exclusive CEPIC DAILY interview, he gives frank answers to some
tough questions posed by Tweak founder Jerry Kennelly. It gives an
intriguing insight into Getty as a privately held company and their
vision for the future of the industry.
What do you know about the stock photo industry and its future
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related to photo licensing. The answers are at the bottom of the story.